The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-11-11
OREGON NEWS.
Everything Of General Interest In a
Condensed Form.

A postoffice has been established al
Briedweli, Yamhill county, with J. w
Briedwell as postmaster.
Mrs. Louisa Cambridge was exam
ined in the County Court of Muituo
NAH county and declared insane.
At Prineville F. s. Currin was sen.
fenced to five years imprisonment Iii
the penitentiary for grand larceny
Fay Coon, who with one Highly stole
a span OF horses of Mr. Stowell, OF En-
gene, has been arrested in San Fran
cisco.
A number of engineers in Astoria
are preparing to organize branch oI
the National Marine Engineers Asso-
citation.
w. G. Todd was tried at Prineville
for the killing of j. NJ Bracket The
jury returned a verdict of man
slaughter.
Charles Erickson, stonemaeon. lost
his life by the falling OF the crib work
at the railway bridge under conslruc-
ton in North Portland.
It is now estimated that there viii
be upward OF 200 acres OF new orchards
planted at Ashland this fall and next
spring. The planters are waiting for
rain as it is too dry to do anything
yet.
The railroad company have with
drawn the sale of all their town lots
south of the depot, at Ashland. This
actually withdraws about 10 acres OF
land It is supposed .hey need it for
railroad purposes, as this is to be the
end Of the Shasta division
At Robert HalIy's place, near Salem,
singular accident occurred. His
sheep were probably stampeded by a
coyote, aud ran into ditch with water
in it, and twenty-five were piled up
dead, either smothered or drowned.
They were valuable merinos.
It is reported that 3 number OF
drunken fishermen made q raid On
some Chinese In their quarters at va
quiua city, drove them out and threw
out their furniture. The Cinnamon
fred at them, hitting one OF the as
saulters in the back, not hurting him
seriously.
Frank Hanna was drowned opposite
Ash street wharf, Portland, from the
steamer Rustler A small skif at
tached to the steamer got loose, and
Hanna and another man attempted to
jump into a boat for the purpose oi
pulling to and securing the skiH
Hanna lost his balance and sank with
out a struggle.
Multnomah county, in which the
City of Portland is situated, Is very
much the smallest county in the State.
The value of agricultural land is set
down at S3,5S7 ,545; city lots, So
1877 $50; Improvements, $3.50 .125 ];
merchandise, "a, ,262 060; mortgages,
notes, etc, 2,O2S, 40. The value ol
horses, cattle, ETC., added to this makes
the gross value of all property ST.
la, ,7S0. The Indebtedness and prop
erty exempt from taxation Is Sc 1857
535, making the total value of taxable
property so, ,456, ,245.
The Superintendent of the Insane
Asylum at Salem was sinking a well
for the convenience of that institution
When about completed most remark
able change in the character of the
water took place. Clouds of yapoz
were seen to rise from the mouth ol
the well, and investigation showed that
the well contained twenty-five feet oil
water, almost boiling hot, and its tenn
perature has not changed. The pro
jectors OF the well are much disturbed
over the transformation, and fear that
the water may not return to its former
condition of GOODNESS.
Senator Dslph telegraphs from Wash
ington TO State Senator ]. H. d. Gray
of Astoria, that he learns that the Sec
retary of War declines to suspend the
order for the abandonment of Fort
Candy. When Gen. w. T. Sherman
was en- route to Portland from San
Francisco, sfter the G. A. R. Encamp
ment last year, he came on the deck oi
the steamer expressly to see Fori
Candy. If that point was properly
| fortified" he said to those standing
around him, pointing to the lowering
point of land, ait could be made tht
strongest position in the United States
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